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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Moringa oleifera

Common Name
Horseradish Tree; Kelor; Ben; Benz'Olive; Moroengei; Remunggai; Sajina; Olivier; Maroengga; Ubat bedat; Ban Sajna; Babano Del Arbol; Ben Ghianda; Merunggai; Ben Aile; Pois Coolie; Cigru; Ramunggai; Benboom; Sigru; Benzolivier; Graines Ben; Sahinjan; Moringa Tree; Palo De Aceite

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Abortifacient Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Abortifacient English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Abortive Java *
Ache(Ear) Elsewhere *
Ache(Head) Java *
Ache(Tooth) Elsewhere *
Adenopathy India(Santal) *
Antidote(Centipede) India(Santal) *
Antidote(Scorpion) India(Santal) *
Antidote(Spider) India(Santal) *
Ascites Elsewhere *
Asthma Elsewhere *
Bactericide Elsewhere *
Baldness India(Santal) *
Beriberi Java *
Bite(Snake) India(Santal) *
Bite(Snake) Elsewhere *
Bite(Snake) Elsewhere *
Boil Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Burn Egypt Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.